I read of a clock tower several hundred years old that was in need of repair / replacement and construction workers realized to match the wood the trees they’d

I read of a clock tower several hundred years old that was in need of repair / replacement and construction workers realized to match the wood the trees they’d need were thousands of miles away and extremely rare. When they started asking around to see if they could source it with substitutes the groundskeeper said that the tree they needed seemed familiar and brought them to an orchard a few hundred yards away. For generations, a small orchard was maintained from the time the project was started for the day when the timber would need to be replaced. We don’t do this normally in most homes around the world, but families of multi-generational wealth seem to be able to do something similar with their homes because they both have means and will to build an estate that lasts centuries.